Chi Magazine

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I’M A ROMANTIC, ACCORDING TO BOCCACCIO
Cannes, July
“A journey into innocence, romance and idealism towards the passion, to discover the funniest side of sex”. That’s how Mischa Barton, the young actress who owes her popularity to the TV series The O.C., defines her intense adventure on the set of the movie Decameron Pie ( ), one of the films we’re looking forward the most in the next season. Movie will land in italian cinemas in October, produced by Dino De Lauretiis and Roberto Cavalli, who also designed all the costumes. The cast includes Hayden Christensen, Tim Roth and Anna Galiena as well. In this contemporary transposition of Boccaccio’s masterpiece, which was filmed in Florence, Bracciano, the countryside around Siena and the studios of Cinecitta’, Mischa Barton plays the role of the most sensual object of desire: Pampinea Anastagi, heiress of a rich family from Florence…a city devastated with the so-called ‘Black Death’ because of the plague epidemic in 1348.
“My Decameron Pie is a novel set out of time, dealing with love, sex, adventure, freedom, rebellion, dreams: all topics that young people have got to face up, nowadays as much as in the past” explains producer D. De Laurentiis.
“My character is very chast and romantic…you won’t ever see me naked, not in one scene” tells the actress who, in this modern fairy tale where love, eros and rules infringement mix together, falls in love with the charming Lorenzo De Lamberti played by Hayden Christensen (Star Wars). “On the set, I succeed in seducing the handsome Lorenzo with a kiss, just one kiss”.
A very hot kiss, that apparently left its mark even after the shooting was over. “No love story was born on the set. Every time you have to kiss one of your co-stars because it’s on the script, they automatically assume you’re dating them”. That’s the comment of the actress who’s been hanging out for some months with musician Taylor Locke from Rooney, after she had been single for a while for breaking up with Whitestarr’s rocker Cisco Adler (they dated from August 2005 to February 2007). Barton has recently followed her new boyfriend on tour all around Europe, like the most passionate groupie ever. And Europe itself has become her favourite destination in the last few months. The actress, born in London from an Irish mother she loves to death, settled in NY when she was just 5…although she has lately run away from the temptations of Hollywood (where she owns an amazing mansion on the hills of Beverly Hills) after that sad December, 27th when she was arrested for DUI, marjuana possession and driving with an expired license. She got away with a 1700$ fine, 3 years of probation and a 3-month special class about alcohol awareness she must attend. “Of course I am 100% responsible of my actions…I mean I am not perfect and I do not intend doing something so stupid again…” she comments.
After being processed, Mischa Barton flew to Paris. “I’ve always wished to live there!” confesses the actress, who will soon star next to Bruce Willis on Assassination of a High School President. Paris looks like the perfect city for an actress who’s also become a style icon throughout the years. “I love to root out vintage items in some old markets. I mix them with designer clothes. But my mom’s the real stylish member of the family. She’s Irish but she grew up in the swinging London of the Sixties and was a photographer for a long time” tells us Mischa, who is about to launch her first handbag collection, completely designed by the actress herself and inspired by the vintage suggestions she gathered travelling all around the world. Her creations will be available from this July in UK stores.

Current Projects

Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2014)Awaiting release
The story follows a young rickshaw-puller in Bhopal who gets a menial job at a chemical plant,
but in December of 1984 a chemical spill in India takes the lives of almost 15,000 people and
injuring more than 100,000. The film follows how the industrial disaster in the city changes
his life and those of others. Inspired by real events.

L.A. Slasher (2014)Awaiting release
"L.A SLASHER" is a stylish horror movie based in the dark heart of Los Angeles. The city is in turmoil as one by one
various ‘reality stars’ go missing and are subjected to brutal mutilation in twisted comparisons to their claims to fame.

American Beach House (2014)Post-production
What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women,
from all over the world, win a random contest-- an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house
in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks to a big internet company--only to discover they have to share it with each other.

Mining for Ruby (2014)Post-production
Jonathan is a widower dealing with his continued depression as he falls for Ruby, a passionate environmental
engineering grad student with a troubled past, who is embroiled in a poisonous waste controversy.

Beyond Justice (2014)Post-production
A young criminal defense attorney struggles with a homicide case that is not as cut and dry as it appears while battling a
drinking habit. The story goes beyond the lives of those directly related to the case and shines a much needed
spotlight on the horrific world of human trafficking in the United States.

Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard Post-production
The rural town of Elwood is a "bubble" against the backdrop of a suspected global infection that has apparently destroyed civilization. A small band of young adults
are all that keeps the town safe while patrolling the fence line that locks the residents inside. There is something wrong with the town as something
worse than what's outside the fence closes in on its residents.

Starcrossed (2014) Post-production
A struggling writer meets a mysterious woman and over the course of one remarkable night discovers what love is. A struggling writer meets a mysterious woman and over the course of one remarkable night discovers what love is.

Kickback (2014)Pre-production
Based on a true story. A renegade Moscow detective, Ivanov defies government pressure and investigates the assassination
of a maverick war reporter. However, he becomes embroiled in a web of counter espionage involving chemical warfare, an
untraceable gun,an overdue library book, a disappeared daughter and the assassination of the Russian president.

Butterfly Love (2014)Pre-production
Emma, an American girl aspiring to become a sculptor, is struggling between her job as a waitress and a failing relationship with her wealthy boyfriend,
Jefrey. She soon shares a mutual physical attraction with Jean-Pierre, an unsuccessful French painter working in an antique shop. But Emma's strange
behavior, characterized by tormenting and unexplained panic attacks, jeopardizes both Jean-Pierre's and her life at times.

Knockout (2015)Pre-production
A young woman, distraught from witnessing the murder of her parents as a child, develops her own unique martial art
by playing video games. It's because of this she suddenly finds herself embroiled in the world of underground fighting.